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It's rare for me to find American nickels in Canada and they are all usually post 1980,so I was quite happy to find it. Are those 12 sided nickels still a common find in Canadian rolls? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Value of the coin doesn't matter to much to me, if I get something I don't have for the face value is a nice find.
And THAT is someone who really has coin collecting in their genes  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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@Jmgi2020, I have not gone though enough to say they are common, from my personal experience I'd say 1/40 rolls has had one, post Victoria 1/200. I have gone through about 2000 ish nickel rolls so I can't say if my luck has been bad or good, it has been fun though:)
@Earl42, thank you. Building a starter collection roll hunting is hard lol, and in Canada it is harder to come by American coins. Finding any year and mm I don't have is a good find finding an older coin is great.
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United States
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The world has certainly changed. My first coin collecting in the early 1970s was filling a Jefferson nickel Whitman album from circulation. I was able to get nearly all of the years and mints from circulation, including a 1950-D and all but two of the silver nickels. Of course that was almost a half century ago. It was fun to fill the album and end up with all but five or six of the issues from 1938 to the 1970s. Edited by Erscolo
10/19/2021 2:33 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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My in laws bought there house in the late 80s for 120,000, today is worth almost 1m, that's a lot of change lol. I wish I was born in the 50-60s for coin collecting. Though then I would be as old as many of the other members on here:p I can almost never find pre 1950 Canadian nickels let alone American:) actually americain nickels I don't think I have any 1950-1970. Nickels seem less common then quarters and dimes.
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 United States
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Always exciting to find a coin that old in circulation! For a few decades, I kept every pre-1960 Jefferson nickel I found. I'd managed to accumulate a large number of rolls, including at least a half-roll of '38s and '39s. Then, a couple years ago, I decided to start releasing them back into the wild, except for the wartime silver nickels  . I just hope that there were some smiles from kids (or adults!) who found them in their change... Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188Edited by hokiefan_82
10/19/2021 7:17 pm
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United States
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I wish I was born in the 50-60s for coin collecting. Don't fret, wrekkdd, those of us born in the '50's felt the same way about the earlier generations! When I was a kid I always thought it would have been so neat to have been collecting when there was circulating gold coinage. Of course, the only downside would be I'd be dead now. |
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United States
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Quote: Of course, the only downside would be I'd be dead now. This. This is what I was going to say.  Enjoy the comfort of the knowledge that the next coin hunting generation will envy yours.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Ya I feel if I could go back 40-50 years I would have an entire room full of silver coins lol I'm sure 50 years from now new collectors will envy me as well:p
At least us collectors in today's age can still find the odd rare silver coin. I still have yet to find a quarter though-_-
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Valued Member
United States
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Not a lot of value but I squirrel away any nickel from 1959 and earlier. For me this would go in a roll with other old nickels pulled from circulation. I do the same. Not sure why I chose 1959 though. |
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Not sure why I chose 1959 though. Being born in 1969, anything before 1960 just seemed old to me. |
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United States
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Being born in 1969, anything before 1960 just seemed old to me. When I was a youngster, I of course kept any silver coin I found or any Wheat cent, both of which were still fairly common to find in circulation in the '60's. Even Lincoln cents in the '20's weren't too unusual, and I occasionally found one in the '10's (I never found a 1909 in circulation, regrettably). For the Jefferson nickels, I think I keyed on 1959 and earlier because I was born in '59, so the idea the coin was minted around or before my birth made it seem "old". And my idea of what I considered "old" nickels just never changed through the years... Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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Canada
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I think while I hav some extra cash for the hobby I should get my self a 1991 Canadian quarter(my birth year) they are not to pricy atm so I should try and find one AU or hight(should t be to hard as most of the 1991 quarters were never circulated)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats and happy you enjoy our hobby.
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United States
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I think while I hav some extra cash for the hobby I should get my self a 1991 Canadian quarter(my birth year) they are not to pricy atm so I should try and find one AU or hight(should t be to hard as most of the 1991 quarters were never circulated) Sounds like a good idea. |
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